Li Lianying even cried. He really wiped his tears all the way back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and knelt down on the ground with a thud: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Xiao Letian said that he would not enter the palace, so as not to have to salute later, wuwuwu ... He said he would invite Her Majesty the Queen Mother to come out of the palace to watch the martial arts performance, and said it was a rare and grand occasion..."
"Presumptuous." Cixi slapped the armrest of the chair and stood up in anger, trembling all over. The other important ministers in the palace also went crazy and cursed Xiao Letian for his treason.
At this moment, a loud bugle sound suddenly sounded outside the square, as well as the officer's command to clean up the team, and the murderous aura of the Iron Army rushed in from outside.
The scolding suddenly stopped, and everyone's face turned pale. At this time, Ci'an sighed softly, "Let's go and broaden our horizons. They say that foreigners are strong, but what is the reason for their strength? Today, Xiao Letian is going to give Let’s put on a show, we have to appreciate it.”
"Your Majesty, our Qing Dynasty cannot continue like this. We have to see what the outside world is like. We have suffered such a big loss this time, and we must understand the reason."
With the words of the Queen Mother, everyone was speechless. After all, the little emperor was only ten years old. It was at the time when he was very curious. He jumped down from the throne with a loud voice and said, "Okay, okay... go and have a look." , I have long wanted to see foreigners fighting..."
The emperor ran in front, and the eunuchs and ministers chased after him like an old hen protecting its chicks. "Your Majesty, be careful, don't fall, don't fall..." Then the queen mothers of the two palaces also walked out of the hall.
Standing on the base of the condescending Hall of Supreme Harmony, one can clearly see the formation of more than a thousand New Army troops in the square. The uniform tofu blocks are in straight lines horizontally and vertically. Although the soldiers with dusty faces are injured and muddy, But the murderous aura brought out from the battlefield was unmatched by those guards.
Xiao Letian was already sitting on the steps of the second-floor pedestal. He turned around and smiled heartily at Emperor Tongzhi, showing eight white teeth. He waved and patted the steps next to him, which meant that Emperor Tongzhi should also sit down. Come and watch together.
This was the first time for the Queen Mother and the young emperor to see Xiao Letian's true appearance. At that time, they had one thought: How could he be so young and handsome?
A smile is the best way to melt hostility. The ten-year-old Emperor Tongzhi ran over without any hesitation, ignoring the obstruction of the ministers behind him.
After the little emperor sat next to Xiao Letian, the tiger-like Lord Long stood behind the Prime Minister and His Majesty and glared at everyone. His aura frightened everyone and they involuntarily took three steps back.
"You are Xiao Letian. I always thought you were an old man with a beard. I didn't expect you to be very young. Don't you even have a beard?"
"Tell me, are these soldiers really heavenly soldiers and generals? Did you make the foreign guns they carry? And that weird iron frame gun? Is it a rapid-fire gun..."
The child's questions came one after another, but Xiao Letian smiled and said nothing but took out a lot of food from Long Ye's backpack. Xiao Letian had the habit of eating snacks, so the guards had some food in their bags to prepare for him. of.
Fudge brought from Europe, milk chocolate, dried pineapples and banana chips from Ryukyu, as well as fresh and sweet fish fillets, octopus feet, etc. from Japan. Finally, Xiao Letian even opened a canned meat and canned fruit made in the United States. , these are snacks for the little emperor.
"Eat and read, and I will answer your questions slowly..." When Emperor Tongzhi was about to stuff it into his mouth, Li Lianying shouted, "No... Your Majesty, please don't eat it, for your servant will be poisoned."
Li Lianying rushed over like a mad dog, so fast that even Mr. Long couldn't stop him. He threw himself at the little emperor's feet, grabbed the canned meat and ate it with his hands, and then ate all the snacks. Look. Xiao Letian kept feeling sick.
"Your Majesty... you just eat the eunuch's saliva every day. It's so disgusting..." Xiao Letian kept retching.
Emperor Tongzhi was holding a fish fillet in his hand and bringing it to his mouth. When Xiao Letian said this, he suddenly came to his senses, "Yes, I have been eating your saliva for many years. You slaves are so disgusting..."
Emperor Tongzhi jumped up and kicked Li Lianying wildly. Li Lianying did not dare to move and knelt there to let the emperor do it.
"What should I do now? Your loyal eunuch has eaten all the food. Do you still want to eat it?" Xiao Letian looked at the little emperor with a smile.
Emperor Tongzhi blinked and pointed at the American can: "Open two more of these for me. They are all sealed with iron sheets. No one must have poisoned them... Besides, your army is all in front of me. I want to Do you need to poison me to kill me?"
"Smart." Xiao Letian raised his thumb, and then opened two more barrels of cans for Emperor Tongzhi. This time, Li Lianying decided not to rob the little emperor again, and kicked the dog slave away.
At this time, the new army was ready for the drill. The wooden door removed from an unknown side hall was used as a target and erected on the east side of the square. Behind the target was Tiren Pavilion.
At this time, there is no need to pay attention to the protection of cultural relics. It is just some wood anyway. The Manchu and Qing court still didn't care. Even if the New Army smashed it, no one dared to say anything.
"Conduct a rapid-fire drill according to the shooting drill...fire." Following Wang Huaiyuan's order, the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time pulled the trigger, and bullets rushed towards the target like a heavy rain.
Prone shooting, half-crouching shooting, standing shooting... including team cross-cover shooting, all kinds of new military drills were displayed.
The Forbidden City had never heard such intensive gunshots. Emperor Tongzhi and the Queen Mother's ministers were all dumbfounded. They all said that foreigners were powerful with muskets, but what Xiao Letian showed today was even better than the foreigners.
They didn't know that the best weapon used by the British and French forces that invaded Beijing six years ago was a front-loading minigun, which was completely different from Xiao Letian's current breech-loading needle rifle.
Fixed-loading bullets are easy to load and of reliable quality. The front-loading gun can fire three bullets after one round. There are some knowledgeable officials among the ministers who can figure out the way.
The individual shooting performance lasted for twenty minutes, followed immediately by the performance of the two Gatling machines. When the sudden copper sound sounded, there was an exclamation in front of the Taihe Palace, and some weak eunuchs were even beaten to death. fainted from fright.
"Ancestor, what is this..." People watched helplessly as the wooden door was broken by bullets and bullets. Even the white marble railing steps at the back were unlucky. The face was pockmarked by the bullets, and stone chips flew everywhere.
"What kind of weapon is this? How can we fight this thing on the battlefield? No wonder we will lose. No wonder we will lose..."
Firepower is the most important indicator of a modern army. After humans entered the age of firearms, what they pursued was actually a firepower indicator.
With the advancement of technology, the firepower output of a company in the past is now enough for one Gatling. When the more advanced Maxim enters the battlefield, I am afraid it will be the end of ordinary infantry.
Coupled with the introduction of various new models of field artillery into actual combat, war has become a game of firepower competition, and individual heroism is no longer feasible.
It was only now that the Queen Mother and the ministers woke up from a dream. The power of firearms cannot be understood by reading the memorial. No one would know how powerful this thing is unless they see it with their own eyes.
The meat in the mouth of the clever Emperor Tongzhi dropped, "Oh my god... If there were hundreds of such weapons, I'm afraid the Qing Dynasty's entire army would not be able to defeat it. It turns out that this is how we lost at Bali Bridge."
Xiao Letian smiled. This is real education. You can never learn a lot of knowledge from textbooks. Ignorant and backward people naturally reject advanced things, just like the royal family of the Qing Dynasty. They just listen to others. Talk about the various wonders of Western technology, and none of them would be willing to touch them personally.
Today, Xiao Letian taught these ostriches this lesson. With the remaining power of Yum Victory, he made a personal statement in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He mercilessly pulled out the heads of the ostriches hidden in the sand and let them see with their own eyes. Look at this cruel reality.
The empress dowagers of the two palaces, especially Cixi, are now as white as paper, and regret has filled her heart. If she had known that Xiao Letian had such a powerful force, she would never have sent troops to Tanggu so stupidly, and even this mutiny would not have happened. No.
Xiao Letian could guess the expressions of these royal ministers without looking back. He winked at Wang Huaiyuan, and then the two Gatlings were withdrawn. Ten soldiers holding Fat Man grenades walked at the end of the team. Front.
After the heavy rain, there was water everywhere in the Taihe Temple Square. This was a good opportunity to display the 'Sky Fire'. Just a few muffled bangs were heard, and the turbid white phosphorus suspension was sprinkled everywhere, raging. The fire instantly rose as high as a person.
"Sky Fire, Ancestor, this is really Sky Fire... Xiao Letian is not a human being, he is not a human being." The ministers collectively took a step back. Everyone was dumbfounded. Faced with the unexplainable phenomenon, they could only rely on superstition.
A brief martial arts performance in the Hall of Supreme Harmony ended in the light of the Skyfire grenade. At that moment, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was completely silent. No one dared to speak loudly. This was the first time that the ancient empire directly faced mysterious Western technology. strength.
Yes, although they have experienced two Opium Wars, the rulers have not seen how Western technology can be so cruel. When the Baliqiao Monk King was defeated, Xianfeng had already fled to Chengde with his ministers. Only Yi? Waiting for a few ministers to see with their own eyes how powerful Western weapons are.
After the war, Yi? These important ministers who had seen the world naturally became Westernizationists. However, those important ministers of the royal family who had not seen the world still wanted to go back to the past days, so they gave Yi? a nickname. Guizi Six shows the hostility of this group of Manchus to Western learning.
Don't look, hear or think, just pretend that this kind of thing doesn't exist. The ostrich thought ran through the entire late Qing Dynasty. If it weren't for Xiao Letian, they would still have to continue to follow the traditional inertia until they drag the entire nation into the abyss.
"Your Majesty, this is your palace. Won't you take me around to see it? Foreign ministers have never seen such magnificent three palaces..." This book was first published from, be the first to read the original content!
